CUT TO: INT-WAR ROOM, STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS. BEAUCHAMP QUICKLY LOOKS UP FROM
HIS WORKSTATION. PROUSE'S WORDS ARE ECHOING IN HIS MIND. HE LOOKS AROUND THE
ROOM AND SEES STARFLEET PERSONELLE GOING ABOUT THEIR DUTIES.
CUT TO: INT-STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS, INFIRMARY. THE PRESIDENT IS LYING ON A
BIO-BED. SHE IS BEING ATTENDED BY DOCTORS AND NURSES ALIKE. THE ROOM IS ALSO
FILLED WITH MANY STARFLEET SECURITY PERSONELLE WHO ARE GUARDING THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT BEGINS TO CONVULSE LIKE PROUSE DID.
PRESIDENT: GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT.
HER EYES FLASH OPEN.
PRESIDENT: GET OUT NOW YOU BASTARD!!!
CUT TO: INT-WAR ROOM, STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS. BEAUCHAMP GRABS HIS HEAD AND
SCREAMS. HE ALSO, MOMENTARLY, CHANGES TO HIS ALIEN FORM, THEN QUICKLY CHANGES
BACK. HE PROCEEDS TO LOOK AT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, THEN RUN TO THE NEAREST
EXIT.
CUT TO: INT-STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS INFERMARY. THE PRESIDENT GRABS A STARFLEET
LIEUTENENT BY THE ARM.
PRESIDENT: LIEUTENENT, ADMIRAL BEAUCHAMP IS AN ALIEN IN DIGUISE. HE KILLED DR.
HARRIS AND IS ON THE RUN. I AM ORDERING YOU AND YOUR MEN TO HUNT HIM DOWN AND
ELIMINATE HIM.
THE LIEUTENENT LOOKS TO A NEARBY CAPTAIN.
LIEUTENENT: SIR?
CAPTAIN(QUICKLY): GO!
THE LIEUTENENT LOOKS TO HER TEAM.
LIEUTENENT: ALRIGHT GUYS, LET'S DO IT.
THEY LEAVE.
CUT TO: EXT-SPACE. THE BATTLE IS PROCEEDING POORLY FOR THE ALLIED FORCES.
PIECES OF MANY ALIEN AND FEDERATION SHIPS ARE SCATTERED ABOUT. THE ENTERPRISE
FLIES THROUGH THE DEBRIS OUTRUNNING THREE BIO-SHIPS. SUDDENLY THE BIO-SHIPS
SHUDDER, THEN EXPLODE.
CUT TO: INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. PEOPLE STAMMER AS THE SHOCKWAVE OF THE
EXPLOTIONS REACH THE SHIP. MACGREGOR STUMBLES OUT OF HIS SEAT.
MACGREGOR: WHO DID THAT?!
JUST AS FAWKES WAS ABOUT TO ANSWER, THE TURBOLIFT DOORS OPEN AND PROUSE STEPS
ON TO THE BRIDGE.
PROUSE: I DID.
MACGREGOR: HOW DID YOU? HOW ARE YOU AWAKE?
PROUSE: THE SUDDEN DROP IN TEMPERATURE CAUSED THE ALIEN'S MENTAL HOLD ON ME TO
WEAKEN. AFTER THAT, I FOUGHT THEM OUT.
MACGREGOR: HOW WERE THOSE SHIPS DESTROYED?
THE ROOM SHUDDERS HARD. PROUSE STUMBLES BUT QUICKLY REGAINS CONTROL.
PROUSE: I DON'T KNOW. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I AND ANOTHER TELEPATH CAUSED IT.
MACGREGOR PUTS THINNGS TOGETHER IN HIS MIND. THEN HE LOOKS TO FAWKES.
MACGREGOR: WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TEMP ON ENTERPRISE?
FAWKES: ABOUT 5 DEGREES CELSIUS.
MACGREGOR TAPS HIS COMM BADGE.
MACGREGOR: BRIDGE TO ENGINEERING.
WARREN(V.O): GO AHEAD.
MACGREGOR: HOW ARE REPAIRS TO LIFE SUPPORT PROGRESSING?
WARREN(V.O): I'M ABOUT TO BRING ALL SYSTEMS BACK ONLINE.
MACGREGOR: COMMANDER. DO NOT RAISE THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE A SINGLE DEGREE,
UNDERSTOOD?
WARREN(V.O): YEAH, BUT, WHY?
MACGREGOR: YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERS, MACGREGOR OUT.
MACGREGOR LOOKS TO CHAVEZ.
MACGREGOR: OPEN A CHANNEL TO THE FLEET.
CHAVEZ: CHANNEL OPEN SIR.
MACGREGOR: THIS IS CAPTAIN MACGREGOR OF THE ENTERPRISE. TO ANY AND ALL SHIPS
WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN A COMATOSE STATE, DROP YOUR ONBOARD TEMPERATURE TO
5 DEGREES CELSIUS. END TRANSMISSION.
SHIP SHAKES AGAIN.
FAWKES: SIR, IF THIS WORKS I RECOMMEND THAT WE ASSIST THE FLEET ATTACKING THE
WEAPON SHIP.
MACGREGOR: NOTED.
CHAVEZ: SIR, I'M RECIVING HAILS FROM ALL SHIPS. THE COMA CASES ARE WAKING.
MACGREGOR: STATUS ON ENEMY FLEET.
FAWKES: NO CHANGE YET.
CUT TO: EXT-SPACE. THE ALIEN SHIPS BEGIN TO LOSE CONTROL OVER THEIR MOBILITY
AND SLAM INTO EACHOTHER AND PIECES OF DEBRIS. OTHER SHIPS JUST EXPLODE.
CUT TO: INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE VIEWSCREEN CHEERING
AND CELEBRATING. MACGREGOR FALLS INTO HIS SEAT AND STARES BLANKLY AT THE
SCREEN. HE THEN BEGINS TO CHUCKLE NERVOUSLY. FAWKES LOOKS TO MACGREGOR WITH A
CONCERNED FACE. MACGREGOR LOOKS BACK.
MACGREGOR: WHAT?
FAWKES: THERE'S STILL ONE BIO-SHIP LEFT AND IT'S MAKING A STRAFING FOR EARTH.
CHAVEZ: SIR, WE'RE BEING HAILED BY THE VIGILANCE.
DAVIDSON(V.O): ENTERPRISE DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THING, I'VE GOT THE LITTLE
SPITE. GET THE FLEET OVER TO THE WEAPON SHIP. VIGILANCE OUT.
MACGREGOR: HAIL THE JOHNATHAN ARCHER.
CHAVEZ: AYE SIR. CHANNEL OPEN.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE. THE ROOM IS TRASHED. OVERHEAD DUCTS HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED, SMALL FIRES ARE BURNING AND SEVERAL MONITERS HAVE BEEN BLOWN
OUT.
DAVIDSON: ESTABLISH A PURSUIT COURSE!
HELM: COURSE PLOTTED.
DAVIDSON: ENGAGE!
CUT TO: EXT-SPACE. THE VIGILANCE FLIES AFTER THE BIO-SHIP WHICH IS NOW IN A
DESCENT TO EARTH.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, EARLY MORNING. STREETS ARE EMPTY. CAMERA MOVES TO
THE ROOFS OF THE NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ALIEN IS LEAPING FROM BUILDING TO
BUILDING. OVERHEAD ARE THREE STARFLEET SHUTTLES CHASING IT. THE SHUTTLES FIRE
PHASERS AND BARELY MISS THE CREATURE. A CIVILIAN STEPS ON TO THE ROOF OF HIS
APARTMENT IN A ROBE WITH A MUG OF COFFEE. HE LOOKS OFF TO THE DISTANCE AND
SMILES AS HE SEES THE SUN RISE OVER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. HE TURNS AROUND
AND SQUINTS TO SEE THREE STARFLEET SHUTTLES FLYING LOW OVER THE BUILDINGS.
THEN THE ALIEN MAKES A GIANT LEAP OVER SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND THE MAN SCREAMS
WHEN HE SEES THE ALIEN BEARING DOWN ON HIM.
CUT TO: EXT-EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. THE VIGILANCE IS STILL HOT ON THE BIO-SHIP'S
TAIL. THE TWO SHIPS BREAK THROUGH THE CLOUDS RIGHT OVER NEW YORK CITY. THE
BIO-SHIP HEADS DOWN FOR THE BUILDINGS.
CUT TO: EXT-NEW YORK, NIGHT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE STREETS AND
BUILDINGS. THEY RUN FOR THE SUBWAY STATIONS.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: ALRIGHT NICK, READY FOR SOME FANCY ASS FLYING?
HELM: ALWAYS AM.
CUT TO: EXT-NEW YORK, NIGHT. THE BIO-SHIP FIRES AT THE CITY. THE BEAM MELTS
THROUGH SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN ITS PATH. THE BIO-SHIP FLIES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE
HOLES IT'S BEAM HAS MADE. THE VIGILANCE CAN'T KEEP HER ALTITUDE SO IT TOO
FLIES THROUGH THE CITY, DODGING SEVEAL BUILDINGS. THE PURSUT THROUGH NEW YORK
ENDS AND THE TWO SHIPS RACE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA HEADING WEST.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, EARLY MORNING. THREE STARFLEET OFFICERS ARE ON A
ROOF LOOKING AT THE DISMEMBERED CORPSE OF A HUMAN MALE. THEY HEAR A NOISE
COMING FROM ABOVE THEM. THEY SPIN AROUND. THE ALIEN LEAPS AT THEM. THE
OFFICERS BEAM AWAY. THE ALIEN LOOKS AROUND, FLABBERGASTED. THE THREE SHUTTLES
RISE UP AND FIRE AT THE ALIEN. EACH BEAM HITS IT AND IT STUMBLES WITH THE
FORCE OF THE BLASTS. THE SHUTTLES STOP FIREING WHEN THEY SEE THE ALIEN FALL.
SIX OFFICERS MATERIELIZE ON THE ROOF AND SEVERAL MORE ON NEARBY ROOFS ALL WITH
THEIR WEAPONS TRAINED ON THE ALIEN. ONE LIEUTENENT POKES THE ALIEN WITH HER
WEAPON, IT DOES NOT MOVE. THE LIEUTENENT BREATHES A SIGH OF RELIEF. SHE LOOKS
TO THE SHUTTLES AND GIVES A THUMBS UP. SHE THEN LOOKS TO ANOTHER OFFICER.
LIEUTENENT: CONTACT HEADQUARTERS, LET THEM KNOW WE NAILED THE SON OF A BITCH.
ENSIGN: RODGER.
HE TAPS HIS COMMBADGE. THEY ALL BEGIN TO WALK AWAY.
CUT TO: CLOSE ON ALIEN. IT BEGINS TO BREATHE AND THEN ITS EYES FLASH OPEN.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE. THE VIEWSCREEN IS SHOWING NORTH AMERICA FLY
UNDER THEM AND THE BIO-SHIP IS STILL IN THE LEAD. DAVIDSON LOOKS TO HER HELM
OFFICER.
DAVIDSON: BASED ON HIS CURRENT TRAJECTORY, EXTRAPOLATE HIS POTENTIAL
DESTINATION.
HELM: AYE.
THE HELM OFFICER MAKES A FEW CALCULATIONS ON HIS DISPLAY AND MENTALLY.
HELM: SAN FRANCISCO, HEADQUARTERS. E.T.A THREE MINUTES.
DAVIDSON: DAMMIT. CONTACT GROUND PLACEMENTS, TELL EM' WE'RE COMING IN AND NEED
SUPPORT.
HELM: RODGER. CAPTAIN, WE'RE BEING HAILED FROM SAN FRANCISCO, AUDIO ONLY.
DAVIDSON: PUT THEM UP.
(V.O): THIS IS CAPTAIN MERRIL. WE KNOW YOU'RE COMING IN AND WE NEED YOUR
ASSISTANCE. WE ARE TRYING TO ELIMINATE AN ENEMY INFILTATOR ON TOP OF THE JACOB
AND BARTLETT DINER. ON YOUR WAY BY, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING OUT THE TARGET?!
DAVIDSON: NO PROBLEM, RIGHT NICK?
HELM(SARCASTICLLY): RIGHT.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, EARLY MORNING. TWO STARFLEET OFFICERS FLY THROUGH
THE AIR AND SLAM INTO A BRICK WALL. THE ALIEN TOSSES ANOTHER THREE OFFICERS
OFF THE BUILDING. OVERHEAD, THE SHUTTLES MOVE OFF. IN THE DISTANCE, ARE THE
BIO-SHIP AND THE VIGILANCE. THEY QUICKLY FLY OVER. THE BIO-SHIP FIRES AT
STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS.
CUT TO: INT-WAR ROOM, STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS. THE PRESIDENT IS NOW IN CHARGE.
THE ROOM SHAKES HARD AND PEOPLE ARE THROWN OUT OF THE ROOM AS PART OF IT IS
BLOWN AWAY. THE PRESIDENT DUCKS FROM SOME DEBRIS.
PRESIDENT: SHOOT IT DOWN!!
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO. THE BIO-SHIP CEASES FIRE AS IT PASSES OVER THE
WATER. THE VIGILANCE TAKES UP A PURSUIT COURSE BEHIND THE BIO-SHIP. THE
VIGILANCE FIRES A TORRENT OF TOPEDOES AT THE BIO-SHIP. EACH ONE HITS THE SHIP,
BUT CAUSES NO DAMAGE. THE BIO-SHIP IS KNOCKED OFF COURSE.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE. DAVIDSON NOTICES THE BIO-SHIP'S CHANGE IN
COURSE.
DAVIDSON: HELM, GET OVER THE SHIP. TACTICAL, PREP A QUANTOM SPREAD.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO. THE VIGILANCE TAKES UP A POSITION OVER TOP OF THE
BIO-SHIP.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: FIRE!!!
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO. THE VIGILANCE RELEASES A TORRENT OF QUANTOM
TORPEDOES THAT STRIKE THE BIO-SHIP ON ITS DORSAL AREA. THE SHIP IS FORCED
LOWER AND LOWER TO THE WATER. THE VIGILANCE CONTINUES ITS ASSULT. THE BIO-SHIP
IS SPEEDING TOWARDS A WALL OF SOLID ROCK. THE BIO-SHIP TRIES TO GAIN ALTITUDE,
BUT THE VIGILANCE FORCES IT BACK DOWN. AFTER ABOUT TEN SECONDS OF THIS, THE
VIGILANCE PULLS UP AND THE BIO-SHIP TRIES TO FOLLOW, BUT IT SLAMS INTO THE
WALL COMPLETELY DESTROYING IT. THE VIGILANCE FLIES OVER THE CITY TOWARDS THE
ALIEN.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, ROOFTOPS. THE ALIEN IS THRASHING ABOUT, KNOCKING
OFFICERS INTO THE AIR. THE VIGILANCE CAN BE SEEN SPEEDING TOWARDS THE FIGHT.
THE ALIEN SQUINTS TO SEE THE SHIP. IT HISSES AND LEAPS INTO THE AIR.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: FRY ITS ASS.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, ROOFTOPS. THE VIGILANCE FIRES TWO PHASER BEAMS AT
THE CREATURE. IT BARELY HAS TIME TO SCREAM AS IT IS QUICKLY VAPOURISED. THE
VIGILANCE TURNS SKYWARD.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: ALRIGHT HELM, LET'S JOIN THE PARTY.
CUT TO: EXT-ATMOSPHERE OVER SAN FRANCISCO. THE VIGILANCE FLIES OFF INTO SPACE.
HIS WORKSTATION. PROUSE'S WORDS ARE ECHOING IN HIS MIND. HE LOOKS AROUND THE
ROOM AND SEES STARFLEET PERSONELLE GOING ABOUT THEIR DUTIES.
CUT TO: INT-STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS, INFIRMARY. THE PRESIDENT IS LYING ON A
BIO-BED. SHE IS BEING ATTENDED BY DOCTORS AND NURSES ALIKE. THE ROOM IS ALSO
FILLED WITH MANY STARFLEET SECURITY PERSONELLE WHO ARE GUARDING THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT BEGINS TO CONVULSE LIKE PROUSE DID.
PRESIDENT: GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT.
HER EYES FLASH OPEN.
PRESIDENT: GET OUT NOW YOU BASTARD!!!
CUT TO: INT-WAR ROOM, STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS. BEAUCHAMP GRABS HIS HEAD AND
SCREAMS. HE ALSO, MOMENTARLY, CHANGES TO HIS ALIEN FORM, THEN QUICKLY CHANGES
BACK. HE PROCEEDS TO LOOK AT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, THEN RUN TO THE NEAREST
EXIT.
CUT TO: INT-STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS INFERMARY. THE PRESIDENT GRABS A STARFLEET
LIEUTENENT BY THE ARM.
PRESIDENT: LIEUTENENT, ADMIRAL BEAUCHAMP IS AN ALIEN IN DIGUISE. HE KILLED DR.
HARRIS AND IS ON THE RUN. I AM ORDERING YOU AND YOUR MEN TO HUNT HIM DOWN AND
ELIMINATE HIM.
THE LIEUTENENT LOOKS TO A NEARBY CAPTAIN.
LIEUTENENT: SIR?
CAPTAIN(QUICKLY): GO!
THE LIEUTENENT LOOKS TO HER TEAM.
LIEUTENENT: ALRIGHT GUYS, LET'S DO IT.
THEY LEAVE.
CUT TO: EXT-SPACE. THE BATTLE IS PROCEEDING POORLY FOR THE ALLIED FORCES.
PIECES OF MANY ALIEN AND FEDERATION SHIPS ARE SCATTERED ABOUT. THE ENTERPRISE
FLIES THROUGH THE DEBRIS OUTRUNNING THREE BIO-SHIPS. SUDDENLY THE BIO-SHIPS
SHUDDER, THEN EXPLODE.
CUT TO: INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. PEOPLE STAMMER AS THE SHOCKWAVE OF THE
EXPLOTIONS REACH THE SHIP. MACGREGOR STUMBLES OUT OF HIS SEAT.
MACGREGOR: WHO DID THAT?!
JUST AS FAWKES WAS ABOUT TO ANSWER, THE TURBOLIFT DOORS OPEN AND PROUSE STEPS
ON TO THE BRIDGE.
PROUSE: I DID.
MACGREGOR: HOW DID YOU? HOW ARE YOU AWAKE?
PROUSE: THE SUDDEN DROP IN TEMPERATURE CAUSED THE ALIEN'S MENTAL HOLD ON ME TO
WEAKEN. AFTER THAT, I FOUGHT THEM OUT.
MACGREGOR: HOW WERE THOSE SHIPS DESTROYED?
THE ROOM SHUDDERS HARD. PROUSE STUMBLES BUT QUICKLY REGAINS CONTROL.
PROUSE: I DON'T KNOW. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I AND ANOTHER TELEPATH CAUSED IT.
MACGREGOR PUTS THINNGS TOGETHER IN HIS MIND. THEN HE LOOKS TO FAWKES.
MACGREGOR: WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TEMP ON ENTERPRISE?
FAWKES: ABOUT 5 DEGREES CELSIUS.
MACGREGOR TAPS HIS COMM BADGE.
MACGREGOR: BRIDGE TO ENGINEERING.
WARREN(V.O): GO AHEAD.
MACGREGOR: HOW ARE REPAIRS TO LIFE SUPPORT PROGRESSING?
WARREN(V.O): I'M ABOUT TO BRING ALL SYSTEMS BACK ONLINE.
MACGREGOR: COMMANDER. DO NOT RAISE THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE A SINGLE DEGREE,
UNDERSTOOD?
WARREN(V.O): YEAH, BUT, WHY?
MACGREGOR: YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERS, MACGREGOR OUT.
MACGREGOR LOOKS TO CHAVEZ.
MACGREGOR: OPEN A CHANNEL TO THE FLEET.
CHAVEZ: CHANNEL OPEN SIR.
MACGREGOR: THIS IS CAPTAIN MACGREGOR OF THE ENTERPRISE. TO ANY AND ALL SHIPS
WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN A COMATOSE STATE, DROP YOUR ONBOARD TEMPERATURE TO
5 DEGREES CELSIUS. END TRANSMISSION.
SHIP SHAKES AGAIN.
FAWKES: SIR, IF THIS WORKS I RECOMMEND THAT WE ASSIST THE FLEET ATTACKING THE
WEAPON SHIP.
MACGREGOR: NOTED.
CHAVEZ: SIR, I'M RECIVING HAILS FROM ALL SHIPS. THE COMA CASES ARE WAKING.
MACGREGOR: STATUS ON ENEMY FLEET.
FAWKES: NO CHANGE YET.
CUT TO: EXT-SPACE. THE ALIEN SHIPS BEGIN TO LOSE CONTROL OVER THEIR MOBILITY
AND SLAM INTO EACHOTHER AND PIECES OF DEBRIS. OTHER SHIPS JUST EXPLODE.
CUT TO: INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE VIEWSCREEN CHEERING
AND CELEBRATING. MACGREGOR FALLS INTO HIS SEAT AND STARES BLANKLY AT THE
SCREEN. HE THEN BEGINS TO CHUCKLE NERVOUSLY. FAWKES LOOKS TO MACGREGOR WITH A
CONCERNED FACE. MACGREGOR LOOKS BACK.
MACGREGOR: WHAT?
FAWKES: THERE'S STILL ONE BIO-SHIP LEFT AND IT'S MAKING A STRAFING FOR EARTH.
CHAVEZ: SIR, WE'RE BEING HAILED BY THE VIGILANCE.
DAVIDSON(V.O): ENTERPRISE DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THING, I'VE GOT THE LITTLE
SPITE. GET THE FLEET OVER TO THE WEAPON SHIP. VIGILANCE OUT.
MACGREGOR: HAIL THE JOHNATHAN ARCHER.
CHAVEZ: AYE SIR. CHANNEL OPEN.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE. THE ROOM IS TRASHED. OVERHEAD DUCTS HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED, SMALL FIRES ARE BURNING AND SEVERAL MONITERS HAVE BEEN BLOWN
OUT.
DAVIDSON: ESTABLISH A PURSUIT COURSE!
HELM: COURSE PLOTTED.
DAVIDSON: ENGAGE!
CUT TO: EXT-SPACE. THE VIGILANCE FLIES AFTER THE BIO-SHIP WHICH IS NOW IN A
DESCENT TO EARTH.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, EARLY MORNING. STREETS ARE EMPTY. CAMERA MOVES TO
THE ROOFS OF THE NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ALIEN IS LEAPING FROM BUILDING TO
BUILDING. OVERHEAD ARE THREE STARFLEET SHUTTLES CHASING IT. THE SHUTTLES FIRE
PHASERS AND BARELY MISS THE CREATURE. A CIVILIAN STEPS ON TO THE ROOF OF HIS
APARTMENT IN A ROBE WITH A MUG OF COFFEE. HE LOOKS OFF TO THE DISTANCE AND
SMILES AS HE SEES THE SUN RISE OVER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. HE TURNS AROUND
AND SQUINTS TO SEE THREE STARFLEET SHUTTLES FLYING LOW OVER THE BUILDINGS.
THEN THE ALIEN MAKES A GIANT LEAP OVER SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND THE MAN SCREAMS
WHEN HE SEES THE ALIEN BEARING DOWN ON HIM.
CUT TO: EXT-EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. THE VIGILANCE IS STILL HOT ON THE BIO-SHIP'S
TAIL. THE TWO SHIPS BREAK THROUGH THE CLOUDS RIGHT OVER NEW YORK CITY. THE
BIO-SHIP HEADS DOWN FOR THE BUILDINGS.
CUT TO: EXT-NEW YORK, NIGHT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE STREETS AND
BUILDINGS. THEY RUN FOR THE SUBWAY STATIONS.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: ALRIGHT NICK, READY FOR SOME FANCY ASS FLYING?
HELM: ALWAYS AM.
CUT TO: EXT-NEW YORK, NIGHT. THE BIO-SHIP FIRES AT THE CITY. THE BEAM MELTS
THROUGH SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN ITS PATH. THE BIO-SHIP FLIES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE
HOLES IT'S BEAM HAS MADE. THE VIGILANCE CAN'T KEEP HER ALTITUDE SO IT TOO
FLIES THROUGH THE CITY, DODGING SEVEAL BUILDINGS. THE PURSUT THROUGH NEW YORK
ENDS AND THE TWO SHIPS RACE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA HEADING WEST.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, EARLY MORNING. THREE STARFLEET OFFICERS ARE ON A
ROOF LOOKING AT THE DISMEMBERED CORPSE OF A HUMAN MALE. THEY HEAR A NOISE
COMING FROM ABOVE THEM. THEY SPIN AROUND. THE ALIEN LEAPS AT THEM. THE
OFFICERS BEAM AWAY. THE ALIEN LOOKS AROUND, FLABBERGASTED. THE THREE SHUTTLES
RISE UP AND FIRE AT THE ALIEN. EACH BEAM HITS IT AND IT STUMBLES WITH THE
FORCE OF THE BLASTS. THE SHUTTLES STOP FIREING WHEN THEY SEE THE ALIEN FALL.
SIX OFFICERS MATERIELIZE ON THE ROOF AND SEVERAL MORE ON NEARBY ROOFS ALL WITH
THEIR WEAPONS TRAINED ON THE ALIEN. ONE LIEUTENENT POKES THE ALIEN WITH HER
WEAPON, IT DOES NOT MOVE. THE LIEUTENENT BREATHES A SIGH OF RELIEF. SHE LOOKS
TO THE SHUTTLES AND GIVES A THUMBS UP. SHE THEN LOOKS TO ANOTHER OFFICER.
LIEUTENENT: CONTACT HEADQUARTERS, LET THEM KNOW WE NAILED THE SON OF A BITCH.
ENSIGN: RODGER.
HE TAPS HIS COMMBADGE. THEY ALL BEGIN TO WALK AWAY.
CUT TO: CLOSE ON ALIEN. IT BEGINS TO BREATHE AND THEN ITS EYES FLASH OPEN.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE. THE VIEWSCREEN IS SHOWING NORTH AMERICA FLY
UNDER THEM AND THE BIO-SHIP IS STILL IN THE LEAD. DAVIDSON LOOKS TO HER HELM
OFFICER.
DAVIDSON: BASED ON HIS CURRENT TRAJECTORY, EXTRAPOLATE HIS POTENTIAL
DESTINATION.
HELM: AYE.
THE HELM OFFICER MAKES A FEW CALCULATIONS ON HIS DISPLAY AND MENTALLY.
HELM: SAN FRANCISCO, HEADQUARTERS. E.T.A THREE MINUTES.
DAVIDSON: DAMMIT. CONTACT GROUND PLACEMENTS, TELL EM' WE'RE COMING IN AND NEED
SUPPORT.
HELM: RODGER. CAPTAIN, WE'RE BEING HAILED FROM SAN FRANCISCO, AUDIO ONLY.
DAVIDSON: PUT THEM UP.
(V.O): THIS IS CAPTAIN MERRIL. WE KNOW YOU'RE COMING IN AND WE NEED YOUR
ASSISTANCE. WE ARE TRYING TO ELIMINATE AN ENEMY INFILTATOR ON TOP OF THE JACOB
AND BARTLETT DINER. ON YOUR WAY BY, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING OUT THE TARGET?!
DAVIDSON: NO PROBLEM, RIGHT NICK?
HELM(SARCASTICLLY): RIGHT.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, EARLY MORNING. TWO STARFLEET OFFICERS FLY THROUGH
THE AIR AND SLAM INTO A BRICK WALL. THE ALIEN TOSSES ANOTHER THREE OFFICERS
OFF THE BUILDING. OVERHEAD, THE SHUTTLES MOVE OFF. IN THE DISTANCE, ARE THE
BIO-SHIP AND THE VIGILANCE. THEY QUICKLY FLY OVER. THE BIO-SHIP FIRES AT
STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS.
CUT TO: INT-WAR ROOM, STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS. THE PRESIDENT IS NOW IN CHARGE.
THE ROOM SHAKES HARD AND PEOPLE ARE THROWN OUT OF THE ROOM AS PART OF IT IS
BLOWN AWAY. THE PRESIDENT DUCKS FROM SOME DEBRIS.
PRESIDENT: SHOOT IT DOWN!!
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO. THE BIO-SHIP CEASES FIRE AS IT PASSES OVER THE
WATER. THE VIGILANCE TAKES UP A PURSUIT COURSE BEHIND THE BIO-SHIP. THE
VIGILANCE FIRES A TORRENT OF TOPEDOES AT THE BIO-SHIP. EACH ONE HITS THE SHIP,
BUT CAUSES NO DAMAGE. THE BIO-SHIP IS KNOCKED OFF COURSE.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE. DAVIDSON NOTICES THE BIO-SHIP'S CHANGE IN
COURSE.
DAVIDSON: HELM, GET OVER THE SHIP. TACTICAL, PREP A QUANTOM SPREAD.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO. THE VIGILANCE TAKES UP A POSITION OVER TOP OF THE
BIO-SHIP.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: FIRE!!!
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO. THE VIGILANCE RELEASES A TORRENT OF QUANTOM
TORPEDOES THAT STRIKE THE BIO-SHIP ON ITS DORSAL AREA. THE SHIP IS FORCED
LOWER AND LOWER TO THE WATER. THE VIGILANCE CONTINUES ITS ASSULT. THE BIO-SHIP
IS SPEEDING TOWARDS A WALL OF SOLID ROCK. THE BIO-SHIP TRIES TO GAIN ALTITUDE,
BUT THE VIGILANCE FORCES IT BACK DOWN. AFTER ABOUT TEN SECONDS OF THIS, THE
VIGILANCE PULLS UP AND THE BIO-SHIP TRIES TO FOLLOW, BUT IT SLAMS INTO THE
WALL COMPLETELY DESTROYING IT. THE VIGILANCE FLIES OVER THE CITY TOWARDS THE
ALIEN.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, ROOFTOPS. THE ALIEN IS THRASHING ABOUT, KNOCKING
OFFICERS INTO THE AIR. THE VIGILANCE CAN BE SEEN SPEEDING TOWARDS THE FIGHT.
THE ALIEN SQUINTS TO SEE THE SHIP. IT HISSES AND LEAPS INTO THE AIR.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: FRY ITS ASS.
CUT TO: EXT-SAN FRANCISCO, ROOFTOPS. THE VIGILANCE FIRES TWO PHASER BEAMS AT
THE CREATURE. IT BARELY HAS TIME TO SCREAM AS IT IS QUICKLY VAPOURISED. THE
VIGILANCE TURNS SKYWARD.
CUT TO: INT-VIGILANCE BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON: ALRIGHT HELM, LET'S JOIN THE PARTY.
CUT TO: EXT-ATMOSPHERE OVER SAN FRANCISCO. THE VIGILANCE FLIES OFF INTO SPACE.